In this workshop for queer BIPoC, we will turn our attention to the lesser-known stories of the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive—an inquiry into documents that recount lesbian-queer, racialised, diasporic, and (post-)migrant lives.
We will read and discuss excerpts on archiving from decolonial and intersectional perspectives, as well as engage with the collection, the aim being to probe absences and traces, and to possibly counter problematic historical records. The workshop draws on the thoughts of Saidiya Hartman, Chela Sandoval and Anjali Arondekar, i.a.
Each participant will produce a written or sonic input that will be presented in the form of an intermedial zine.
